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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
7
A long agricultural bulletin covers early garden work and feed choices for livestock. Topics include planting timing for timothy and beans, beet molasses as a tonic, plant pests, hog breeding, manure benefits, and careful handling of carrots cucumbers and potatoes. It emphasizes pasture feeding over confinement, soil health, seed quality, and practical care for poultry, ducks, and turkeys.
The Cedars piggery in Franklin County Ohio showcases a ground floor plan designed for winter comfort and high sanitation. It features sunlit compartments, four pens, tilting windows, sliding doors, electric fencing, cemented drainage, steam-fed cookers for feed and poultry, a self-contained water and heating system, and a total cost of just over $1200 including labor.
A. J. Legg discusses seasonal feeding strategies balancing rations for maintenance growth and production. It explains nutritive ratios for corn wheat oats buckwheat and common feeds and notes the importance of minerals and protein. Digester tankage and meals like wheat bran cottonseed meal and oil meal provide protein and minerals for cattle and young stock.
A 1910 guide explains why a fiery career appeals to adventurous youths, detailing entry age 21–30, height and weight limits, basic math tests, and a month probation. It outlines ladder work, job placements by height, and progressive pay from $1,000 to $2,500 plus promotions to lieutenant and captain. It covers duties, vacations, pensions, and a robust insurance fund, noting six-month minimum lower-rank service before promotion and stringent discipline.
Baltimore school board authorizes large round lead pencils for first and second graders to prevent writer's cramp a form of hand muscle paralysis seen in those who grip pencils tightly. Superintendent Van Sickle explains the method helps children write easily without strain, addressing mothers questions about the shift.
A fragment from Stray Stories shows whimsical lines about an omen, a hostess named Mr. Squibs, a comic song, and a table salt mishap. Read as a fleeting vignette or note, it preserves quirky dialogue without a clear narrative arc or full context.
A reflective proverb credited to Feremy Taylor advises aligning desires with one’s fortune and conditions. It cautions against measuring fortunes by desires, urging balance between wants and available means.
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